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four years ago, john mccain stood up to a suppteo caed then-senator ama ar. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he's not -- o,a'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. >> yeah, that's called hon. 's cled nor. 're t ngotth we're not seeing any of that. >> i haven't seen that on either side in this campaign. >> john mccain is a genuine guy. disagree with him, agree with him, whatever, it's called honor. the publican party used to believe in that. mep n't. cruly, ere' i'm not going to go along with what i see as is an ethnic campaign, that shouldn't be part of this campaign. i'm not going to go along with what you said. that instincti no, no, is the greatest american spirit. i'm not ing to do that. >> imagine mitt roeyng that. lianthncin their life. thank you for coming on, alex wagner. you were great. thank you, gene. we'll be right ba
four years ago, john mccain stood up to a suppteo caed then-senator ama ar. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an arab. he's not -- o,a'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all about. >> yeah, that's called hon. 's cled nor. 're t ngotth we're not seeing any of...
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four years ago, john mccain ood tsuteo ca tser obama an arab. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an ar. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all ab ea that's called honor. it's called honor. we're not seeing a lot of that. we're not seeing any of that. >> i haven't seen that on either side in this campaign. >> john mccain is a genuine guy. disagree with him, agree with him, whatever, it's called the reblic par useto believe in that. >> put it more crudely, there's some crap i won't eat. i'm not going to go along with what i see as is an ethnic campaign, that shouldn't be part ofhis campaign. i'm not going to go along with what you said. that instinctive no, no, ith grstricasp. i'm not going to do that. >> imagine mitt romney doing that. >> i would like to see every politician do that once in their life. thank you
four years ago, john mccain ood tsuteo ca tser obama an arab. here's his instantaneous, instinctive reaction. take a look. >> i have read about him and he's not -- he's a -- he's an ar. he's not -- >> no, ma'am. >> no? >> no, ma'am, no, ma'am. he's a decent, family man, citizen that i just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues. that's what this campaign is all ab ea that's called honor. it's called honor. we're not seeing a lot of that. we're not seeing...
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but it is worth talking about, what john mccain called it, it's like watching a greek tragedy. it's the negative campaigning and the increasingly personal attacks, it should have stopped long ago, and the utility from the debates has been exhausted and now it's just exchanging cheap shots and personal shots polled by super pac attacks. that was a mccain interview with "the boston herald." are you exhausted from this process yet? >> well, it's only february. if i'm exhausted, boy, i've got a long way to go, chuck. first of all, you know, on a couple of fronts, i think people have pretty short memories. and i love senator mccain a whole lot. i was actually one of the first chairmen to endorse him when he ran. but the reality is we've had almost the exact same amount of debates this cycle as we had in '08. in fact, i think we had one more in '08 than we had in this cycle, so i put that aside. and the reality is it's just february. mccain wasn't the presumptive nominee until the middle of march. bush 41 wasn't the nominee until april 19th and how short a memory that we have that hi
but it is worth talking about, what john mccain called it, it's like watching a greek tragedy. it's the negative campaigning and the increasingly personal attacks, it should have stopped long ago, and the utility from the debates has been exhausted and now it's just exchanging cheap shots and personal shots polled by super pac attacks. that was a mccain interview with "the boston herald." are you exhausted from this process yet? >> well, it's only february. if i'm exhausted,...
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i want to pick up on what john mccain and i were talking about. there's back and forth now about why did this administration -- why did it take them until friday after a september 11th attack in libya to come to the conclusion that it was premeditated and that it was terrorist-involved. john mccain said it doesn't pass the smell test or it's willful ignorance to think that they didn't know before this what was going on. your reaction? >> well, first of all, candy, as you know, the president called it an act of terror the day after it happened, but when you're the responsible party, when you're the administration and you have a responsibility to act on what you know and what the intelligence community believes, this was -- this is being thoroughly investigated. >> it wasn't planned. it was part of this tape. all that stuff. >> as a director of national intelligence said on friday, that was the original information that was given to us. what we don't need is a president or administration that shoots first and asks questions later. governor romney le
i want to pick up on what john mccain and i were talking about. there's back and forth now about why did this administration -- why did it take them until friday after a september 11th attack in libya to come to the conclusion that it was premeditated and that it was terrorist-involved. john mccain said it doesn't pass the smell test or it's willful ignorance to think that they didn't know before this what was going on. your reaction? >> well, first of all, candy, as you know, the...
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"zero dark thirty" opened in theaters in new york and los angeles to positive reviews, but senator john mccain said the film is wrong because the waterboarding of khalid shaikh mohammed did not lead to information to osama bin laden's compound. >>> chris christie is the most favored republican candidate for the 2016 republican nomination in a new poll with 55%. >>> president obama's approval rating reached 57% in a cbs poll focusing on the fiscal cliff talks. >>> former republican senator chuck hagel is a top candidate to become the new defense secretary in the second obama administration, but there's some opposition questioning hagel's support for israel. >>> and ben affleck is reportedly on the list of possible successors if senator john kerry is nominated as secretary of state. affleck will be in washington today testifying before the house armed services committee about the security situation in congo is that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> the dow saw its first back-to-back triple digit gains in five months tuesday. that was amid optimism that a deal will be reached
"zero dark thirty" opened in theaters in new york and los angeles to positive reviews, but senator john mccain said the film is wrong because the waterboarding of khalid shaikh mohammed did not lead to information to osama bin laden's compound. >>> chris christie is the most favored republican candidate for the 2016 republican nomination in a new poll with 55%. >>> president obama's approval rating reached 57% in a cbs poll focusing on the fiscal cliff talks....
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john mccain would have been 72 when he ran -- or been elected. why not? >> absolutely. i agree with you. i think she runs, she absolutely has to grab that moment. 2004 was the first time she sort of missed her moment when she could have run and didn't. i don't think she'd miss it again. and the republican party really has set the stage for women to achieve finally breaking that highest of glass ceilings. i think that she would run and i think that she would probably win. >> i would be really surprised if she ran, but i do think she'd be the best thing for the democratic party. she's proved herself the last four years. she's a hard worker. she looks tired though. she's going to need a couple of years to kind of bring herself back together and getting a super pac going again. >> do you think men look tired too? >> absolutely. >> i feel like no one ever says like the guys look tired. sometimes they talk about grey hair, but does she look tired? i don't think it matters. i think at the end of the day, there are two people who tend to win nominations. the new person that's s
john mccain would have been 72 when he ran -- or been elected. why not? >> absolutely. i agree with you. i think she runs, she absolutely has to grab that moment. 2004 was the first time she sort of missed her moment when she could have run and didn't. i don't think she'd miss it again. and the republican party really has set the stage for women to achieve finally breaking that highest of glass ceilings. i think that she would run and i think that she would probably win. >> i would...
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. >> i'm just surprised that john mccain and lindsey graham can be so out raged about the l the person president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our vi in the af jo taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons se second amendm >>> and we are back. president obama has made a counter offer to house speaker john boehner to fiscal negotiations. $400,000 as the new dividing line on taxes, meaning tax rates would return to clinton-era rates for those making $400,000 >> well, the thing is, there has to be a message to rural folks and gun owners across the country. look, we understand that you may be a hunter, a gun collector, you may have just grown up in a family where guns are are always a part of your life. you can continue to do that, the second amendment will protect you on that but you need to separate yourself from these maniacs who are running around with automatic weapons and walking into theaters an
. >> i'm just surprised that john mccain and lindsey graham can be so out raged about the l the person president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our vi in the af jo taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons se second amendm >>> and we are back. president obama has made a counter offer...
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. >>> john mccain has been dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war. barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor romney has embraced everything i can see. i don't want to say anything in the debate that is not completely accurate. >> meanwhile, paul ryan is pretending that he is not memorizing lines. >> you know me well, i don't try to be anybody other than who i am. i believe what i believe and i do what i do and believe in the policies that we are providing, purs pursuing, at the end of the day i'm going to go in there and be me. y >> crystal, let's look at paul ryan going with his gutt with chris wallace. >> you haven't given me the math. >> it would take me too long to go through all of the math. >> it is too long. it is com
. >>> john mccain has been dead wrong on the fundamental issues relating to the conduct of the war. barack obama has been right. they are the facts. >> in the spotlight tonight the next debate. at this exact moment one week from now vice president joe biden and paul ryan will be hugging their families on a stage where they will have compeco completed their debate. >> what i have been doing mostly is studying up on congressman ryans positions on the issues. and governor...
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senator john mccain goes "on the record." senator, nice to see you, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: let me start with the recent tweet of yours that says good news senate just passed stock act with amendment banning outrageous bonuses for fannie mae and freddy excess. next step signed into law. i like the stock act. i think it is an important signal to send. although i don't think it has as much impact as it is advertised but we did have an amendment on it to cut out the outrageous bonuses for fannie and freddie execs. they claim they can't attract good people unless they pay them $500,000 and $700,000 in bonuses when we have people serving in the military in the cabinet and many other positions of responsibility so i thought we had maybe some patriotic americans who would like to sort out this mess of fannie and freddie without having to have hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses. by the way, their predecessors as you know ripped off millions. >> greta: we are even paying for their legal fees. it is extraordinary.
senator john mccain goes "on the record." senator, nice to see you, sir. >> thank you, greta. >> greta: let me start with the recent tweet of yours that says good news senate just passed stock act with amendment banning outrageous bonuses for fannie mae and freddy excess. next step signed into law. i like the stock act. i think it is an important signal to send. although i don't think it has as much impact as it is advertised but we did have an amendment on it to cut out...
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senator john mccain softening his stance toward the u.n. ambassador in a move that could pave the way to her becoming secretary of state. we'll talk about that plus after a record setting black friday cyber monday sales could not biggest yet. we'll tell you how much americans are expected to spend and the question of the day. read my lips. should the gop dump grover norquist's antitax pledge? tweet me and hit me up on facebook as well. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. i just finished a bowl of your new light chicken pot pie soup and it's so rich and creamy... is it really 100 calories? let me put you on webcan... ...lean roasted chicke
senator john mccain softening his stance toward the u.n. ambassador in a move that could pave the way to her becoming secretary of state. we'll talk about that plus after a record setting black friday cyber monday sales could not biggest yet. we'll tell you how much americans are expected to spend and the question of the day. read my lips. should the gop dump grover norquist's antitax pledge? tweet me and hit me up on facebook as well. music is a universal language. but when i was in an...
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life, which is terrible, and, yet, they're very, very quiet on this. >> keep in mind, john mccain was the person who nominated sarah palin, and she's the one that coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> thank you. breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our viewers. in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school shooting, joy kennel suggests that maybe i could get a new government job taking away all guns. but that's not what i'm saying. i would just think that the founding fathers could have foreseen automatic weapons coming down the pike. i doubt it. i don't think they were thinking about that when they wrote the second amendment. people change, times change. this is time for change and nobody's going to be grabbing your gun lobby. but we might want to make sure that you're not mentally ill before you get it. rap raptorsrule updates this antiquated amendment a.s.a.p. and shannon chaved says why can all of our constitutional right
life, which is terrible, and, yet, they're very, very quiet on this. >> keep in mind, john mccain was the person who nominated sarah palin, and she's the one that coined the phrase, don't retreat, reload. >> thank you. breaking news in the fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama has made a counter offer to speaker john boehner. details next. stay with us. >>> and 06 of course, we love hearing from our viewers. in the aftermath of the sandy hook elementary school...
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john mccain is chomping at the bit to take on the u.n. ambassador. he even wants a seat on the foreign relations committee in order to give her a good grilling. the question for obama now to fight or not to fight? i'm going to go all the way to the right of the table to nick. should the president lay down his marker on this and say i want susan rice, damn it? >> he seems inclined to. there's an interesting mystery here of what exactly is the source of the bond between ambassador rice and the president? they -- he is really digging in, and they are sending every signal that they are going to do this, and it's going to happen, and they aren't going to back down. you know, i'm also thinking about how in every new term the opposition party always wants one scalp on the nominations. i know that sounds cynical. there's always at least one person who goes down, and it seems like rice is the person. >> if rice is the person that's going to go down, as nick says, does it help president obama in temz of his standing with the left if he essentially allows john
john mccain is chomping at the bit to take on the u.n. ambassador. he even wants a seat on the foreign relations committee in order to give her a good grilling. the question for obama now to fight or not to fight? i'm going to go all the way to the right of the table to nick. should the president lay down his marker on this and say i want susan rice, damn it? >> he seems inclined to. there's an interesting mystery here of what exactly is the source of the bond between ambassador rice and...
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john mccain says this guy should drop out. ten minutes later, kelly ayotte says akin should step aside now. by 1:00, 45 minutes later, there's a new joint statement from one cities republican senator from missouri and four former republican senators in akin's state in missouri and they say "the right decision is to step aside." todd akin must put the nation and his future ahead of everything else and make the right conclusion. after initially only disagreeing with and then chastising him, after 36 hours of everybody else and their mother making a statement, the presidential nominee finally chimes in and says i think akin should exit the senate rate. after that at 5:30, we got a comment from pete sessions saying "i believe that winning the race would mean that todd would not be the that candidate would be on the candidate." in other words, get out. at 6:20, orrin hatch says says he should step out. do you notice a pattern of who is not calling for todd akin to get out of the race? democrats. it's not just an absence of calls fo
john mccain says this guy should drop out. ten minutes later, kelly ayotte says akin should step aside now. by 1:00, 45 minutes later, there's a new joint statement from one cities republican senator from missouri and four former republican senators in akin's state in missouri and they say "the right decision is to step aside." todd akin must put the nation and his future ahead of everything else and make the right conclusion. after initially only disagreeing with and then chastising...
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advantage for john mccain. the polls that we see coming out of pennsylvania show their bromley is not doing any better. in some polls, he is doing worse. he is making very little progress. the state is looking very similar in terms of the demographics and how they translate into political support. the same thing applies to the geographical distribution. it is stephanie looking like brigitte is that you're looking like an advantage for obama in pat -- is definitely looking like an advantage for obama in pennsylvania. the look at the geographical pattern of the vote, 40 4% of the vote -- 44%, there's not going on for romney. they thought they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is it is twofold. if you look at the level of demographic change that is taking place in wisconsin, it is quite startling. you have three point increase in the share of minority eligible voters. a four. among white college graduates and a seven. decline among non-white college voters. it goes against what is and the interest of the romne
advantage for john mccain. the polls that we see coming out of pennsylvania show their bromley is not doing any better. in some polls, he is doing worse. he is making very little progress. the state is looking very similar in terms of the demographics and how they translate into political support. the same thing applies to the geographical distribution. it is stephanie looking like brigitte is that you're looking like an advantage for obama in pat -- is definitely looking like an advantage for...
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the over 65s voted for john mccain by eight points four years ago. >> right. >> if obama can start cutting into that vote, he doesn't have to carry it, but if he can start cutting into that vote because of ryan, then the ryan pick will be much more of an albatross to romney than something that will propel him forward. >> right. that's the fissure people forget from last cycle. it wasn't race or gender, it was actually all voters over 50 favored mccain and over 65, the gap that you mention. i want to take a listen to this new famous white board moment and bring in ben smith. we will take a look at it. i'll narrate instead of mitt romney. what he did up here -- >> not too complicated. >> what he did was break it down and say you have seniors today and the next generation tomorrow, he sees himself as a numbers guy although the white board had more words than numbers. do you think this is a winning tact for him? >> i think the second he chose to pick ryan which a lot of his advisors thought would be a disaster for this exact reason, he certainly chose to do this. it took him a week to figure o
the over 65s voted for john mccain by eight points four years ago. >> right. >> if obama can start cutting into that vote, he doesn't have to carry it, but if he can start cutting into that vote because of ryan, then the ryan pick will be much more of an albatross to romney than something that will propel him forward. >> right. that's the fissure people forget from last cycle. it wasn't race or gender, it was actually all voters over 50 favored mccain and over 65, the gap that...
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>> we laid out all that is required by law and then some, the same as john mccain. >> as we have seen in the past, when he wants to show his softer side, he is best helped by his wife, ann. they sat down with piers morgan. mrs. romney making it clear she is a big part of her husband's charm. >> i will work as hard as i can on the likability piece. >> he seems like a perfectly likeable chap to me. i don't understand it. >> we will get over that one. >> we see romney in his campaign trying to get window into his family where he is funnier and jokes more. after matt lauer asked about her watching her horse compete in the olympics, he offered this interesting anecdote. >> my sons gave me a box and said if you wear this, mom will pay more attention to you. it was a rubber horse mat. >> did you wear it? >> no. >> although the candidates are on two different continents, here's a look at where the most money is being spent. virginia, ohio, florida, north carolina have multiple markets in the top ten. the roanoke market is at the top. it's a big change from last week's list. take a look betwee
>> we laid out all that is required by law and then some, the same as john mccain. >> as we have seen in the past, when he wants to show his softer side, he is best helped by his wife, ann. they sat down with piers morgan. mrs. romney making it clear she is a big part of her husband's charm. >> i will work as hard as i can on the likability piece. >> he seems like a perfectly likeable chap to me. i don't understand it. >> we will get over that one. >> we see...
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he distanced himself, at least yesterday, from john mccain and distanced himself from john mccain on syria. and iran, romney has been saying while he's been tough on the military side, he continues to basically talk about diplomacy. so i don't want to endorse or embrace what romney is doing. but he's not as bad as santorum and gingrich. so there's a scale, where as i think president obama has been trying to say, this is a vital national security issue. it's bun within of his highest priorities since he came into office, and it's something you can't be reckless about. the consequences to the allies with really aggressive action that isn't bought through, it can really be staggering and romney is not demonstrating awareness of the consequences. >> one of the accusations is that somehow the president was procrastinating and not enforcing some sanctions right away. what sanctions are left? >> i think right now they're trying to look at the various international players that are doing business with iran on oil and being financed through the iranian central bank, and what romney is referri
he distanced himself, at least yesterday, from john mccain and distanced himself from john mccain on syria. and iran, romney has been saying while he's been tough on the military side, he continues to basically talk about diplomacy. so i don't want to endorse or embrace what romney is doing. but he's not as bad as santorum and gingrich. so there's a scale, where as i think president obama has been trying to say, this is a vital national security issue. it's bun within of his highest priorities...
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senator john mccain, the current turkish ambassador to the u.s. and chief advisor to the turkish prime minister. they also heard from academic scholars, journalists, and former u.s. ambassadors. this took place at the u.s. national press club here in washington. >>> good morning. if we could all please take our seats. well, thank you very much. very good morning to everybody here. i'm sure other people will be coming in throughout the day. we have over 700 people who have registered for the conference today, and they'll be coming in and out. so we want to extend a very warm welcome to all of the first comers. this is the middle east institute's third annual turkish conference, and i'd like to say, i'm putting an emphasis on the third annual conference because actually we've been looking through some old files and have discovered that the middle east institute has been celebrating turkey for many years. in fact, we found an article that reported a banquet that we had hosted in honor of turkey's 30th anniversary as a republic back in 1953. but turke
senator john mccain, the current turkish ambassador to the u.s. and chief advisor to the turkish prime minister. they also heard from academic scholars, journalists, and former u.s. ambassadors. this took place at the u.s. national press club here in washington. >>> good morning. if we could all please take our seats. well, thank you very much. very good morning to everybody here. i'm sure other people will be coming in throughout the day. we have over 700 people who have registered...
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that's fine. >> joy-ann, last word. >> john mccain is driven by his resentments and his piques. the idea when he was beaten by george w. bush suddenly he became the thorn in bush's side. he has seemed to be driven by his personal animus towards barack obama president obama in his policy pronouncements. i have no belief that john mccain went into that meeting and wanted to come out with a fair assessment. that's his political calculation. the other thing for the republican party is look who they put out there to talk about their opposition to rice. they had to throw kelly ayotte out there with no foreign policy experience because even they understand going after this woman, going after this -- another african-american official in the obama white house, i know it's unpopular to say, but they seem to have a pattern that isn't helpful politically so i don't see what the margin is. >> senator ayotte has political m a bigg ambition. >> and she's a woman. >> our power panel, my thanks to all three of you. >>> we are waiting for remarks from president obama who is expected to speak from
that's fine. >> joy-ann, last word. >> john mccain is driven by his resentments and his piques. the idea when he was beaten by george w. bush suddenly he became the thorn in bush's side. he has seemed to be driven by his personal animus towards barack obama president obama in his policy pronouncements. i have no belief that john mccain went into that meeting and wanted to come out with a fair assessment. that's his political calculation. the other thing for the republican party is...
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. >> the interesting thing is that president obama took a very similar attack to john mccain back in '08 hitting him with ads saying the fums of the economy are strong. here we have it now in 2012 where the romney camp is able to furn it around on the president using his own strategies to make him look out of touch with the realities of today's economy. is that something the obama camp is going to have to tone up for, not being caught flatfooted. if the president is going to make decisions to have a friday briefing, it sets up the odds that something is going to be put out there like that, the private sector is doing fine, and they can pounce on this. >> thomas, you make a really great point. the president has to transition from president to candidate. and that transition happens every day. that's the big problem here. as a candidate, he could pounce on mccain. but as president, he has to explain things. it takes too long for the american people to listen to that explanation. you can talk about firefighters and teachers being great servants, which they are, but it takes explanations.
. >> the interesting thing is that president obama took a very similar attack to john mccain back in '08 hitting him with ads saying the fums of the economy are strong. here we have it now in 2012 where the romney camp is able to furn it around on the president using his own strategies to make him look out of touch with the realities of today's economy. is that something the obama camp is going to have to tone up for, not being caught flatfooted. if the president is going to make...
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speaking on a radio show, republican senator john mccain says this guy should drop out. ten minutes later, kelly ayotte fresh han from new hampshire says akin should step aside now. by 1:00, 45 minutes later, there's a new joint statement from one sitting republican senator from missouri and four former republican senators in akin's state in missouri and they say "the right decision is to step aside." two hours later, 3:00, rush limbaugh and old timy radio hour says todd akin must put the nation and his future ahead of everything else and make the right conclusion. at 4:10 p.m. after all that, after initially only disagreeing with and then chastising him, after 36 hours of everybody else and their mother making a statement saying this guy has to go, finally, 36 hours into it, mitt romney, republican presidential nominee finally chimes in and says i think akin should exit the senate race. after that at 5:30 a statement from pete sessions of texas, head of the house republican campaign committee, he said, i believe that winning the race would mean that todd would not be th
speaking on a radio show, republican senator john mccain says this guy should drop out. ten minutes later, kelly ayotte fresh han from new hampshire says akin should step aside now. by 1:00, 45 minutes later, there's a new joint statement from one sitting republican senator from missouri and four former republican senators in akin's state in missouri and they say "the right decision is to step aside." two hours later, 3:00, rush limbaugh and old timy radio hour says todd akin must put...
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. >>> also, we'll turn to the party's nominee four years ago, senator john mccain, to weigh in on this state of the party romney now leads. >>> finally, insights from our political roundtable on the job ahead here in tampa for romney. >>> plus, the fight for women voters, and the issues, like the debt and immigration, that will occupy the fall. joining me, florida congresswoman and chair of the democratic party, debbie wasserman schultz. the republican governor of arizona, jan brewer. republican strategist mike murphy. and nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent, chuck todd. >> announcer: live from tampa, florida, and site of the republican national convention, this is a special edition of "meet the press" with david gregory. >>> good sunday morning from tampa. our perch here at the republican convention where the story this morning is not politics, it is the weather. here's the front page of the "tampa bay times." "isaac intrudes." the convention is now delayed until tuesday because of this approaching storm. that's where we're going to begin this morning. joining
. >>> also, we'll turn to the party's nominee four years ago, senator john mccain, to weigh in on this state of the party romney now leads. >>> finally, insights from our political roundtable on the job ahead here in tampa for romney. >>> plus, the fight for women voters, and the issues, like the debt and immigration, that will occupy the fall. joining me, florida congresswoman and chair of the democratic party, debbie wasserman schultz. the republican governor of...
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the day john mccain became the defacto nominee of the party, there were 35 people that worked in the headquarters, campaign was $2 million in the red, the campaign stipulated that it wasn't going to compete in the caucus states because we didn't a, have money, and b, have organization to be able to do it. we needed to compete in the primary state where we could take advantage of the momentum. governor romney doesn't have that excuse. he has the money, he has the organization. the problem that he's run into is a message problem. is that republican voters are rejecting his candidacy in these states for a reason that is different than money and different than organization. he won't win every state, but when you look at the problems that are spelled out with the results last night, he does have some real structural problems in the race. now, i still believe that he is likely to be the republican nominee at the end of the process for a lot of different reasons, but if he loses michigan, for example, you would see a narrative that start to take hold that shows the campaign in the state of
the day john mccain became the defacto nominee of the party, there were 35 people that worked in the headquarters, campaign was $2 million in the red, the campaign stipulated that it wasn't going to compete in the caucus states because we didn't a, have money, and b, have organization to be able to do it. we needed to compete in the primary state where we could take advantage of the momentum. governor romney doesn't have that excuse. he has the money, he has the organization. the problem that...
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john mccain won in new hampshire. then he rolled out victories in virginia and kansas and on and on and he was back and john mccain won the the nomination after having been declared gone the previous summer. in the 2008 republican primaries, john mccain was a phoenix that rose from the ashes of the campaign he previously burned down. he came back from somewhere much worse than where romney is right now. at least mitt romney still has his donor billionaires, right? mccain was able to win the nomination. now i should also note that 2008 john mccain also provides us the opposite political science case study of how to burn down your campaign in a way you can't recover from. so he got the nomination, but once he had the nomination and was running for president, the burning down again started this week. it was the third week of september, 2008. that was the week that lehman collapsed and the crater of the american economy began. the fundamentals of our economy are strong. it was john mccain who invented the blackberry. then
john mccain won in new hampshire. then he rolled out victories in virginia and kansas and on and on and he was back and john mccain won the the nomination after having been declared gone the previous summer. in the 2008 republican primaries, john mccain was a phoenix that rose from the ashes of the campaign he previously burned down. he came back from somewhere much worse than where romney is right now. at least mitt romney still has his donor billionaires, right? mccain was able to win the...
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back to 2008 when john mccain got walloped by barack obama, that was the margin by which john mccain lost the latino vote. being behind by 36 points means you can't win the election. you have to do better if you want to win the presidency. the national pew research poll shows that the gap right now for mitt romney is worse than john mccain's. mccain had a 36-point gap. romney has a 39-point gap. pew's last poll understated the degree to which john mccain was going to lose latinos. and their last poll this year is projecting a 39-point loss for romney. in another poll, the decisions poll out ahead of the election a couple days ago shows an even worse result. pew has romney down by 39 points. latino decisions has him down by 49 points. 13 points worse than john mccain did when john mccain lost badly. so yes, this race is close. the polls say president obama is likely to win even though it's going to be close. if you're curious, the reason they think they might not lose is because of who they think will actually vote. who will be able to vote and have their vote counted? they are counti
back to 2008 when john mccain got walloped by barack obama, that was the margin by which john mccain lost the latino vote. being behind by 36 points means you can't win the election. you have to do better if you want to win the presidency. the national pew research poll shows that the gap right now for mitt romney is worse than john mccain's. mccain had a 36-point gap. romney has a 39-point gap. pew's last poll understated the degree to which john mccain was going to lose latinos. and their...